After Paracelsus developed a specific drug for the withering disease, the great development truly began.
The farms being burnt down actually liberated these laborers from farming and animal husbandry.
Lance could assign them work that was more arduous, more difficult, and more dangerous.
If he had spent money to hire people to develop the wilderness, he would have lost a lot. But now, he had a vast amount of labor without spending a penny.
Primitive accumulation had always been built upon exploitation, whether of outsiders or one's own people.
The good days of Hamlet's people were due to these 'expendables' bearing the burdens for them; otherwise, where would such high welfare come from?
Lance's sudden and unexpected appearance was a momentous event for the serfs toiling away.
They didn't know why he had appeared, nor did they know why he came from the wilderness, but they knew Lord Lance had not forgotten them.
